Effect of microbubble fragility on transit rate measurement by contrast echography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-276

  Ohmori, Koji ^a   DeMaria, Anthony N ^b   Cotter, Bruno ^b   Kwan, Oi Ling ^b   Oshita, Akira ^a   Kondo, Isao ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Kohno, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic density; Blood flow; Echocardiography; Elastic modulus; Pulsing interval

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

MICROBUBBLE FRAGILITY;

ULTRASONICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0346034825     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00711-1     Document Type: Article

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